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The World Soundtrack Awards' Discovery of the Year prize has a knack for spotting emerging talent. Meet this year's nominees.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A novel's opening line is a promise of intrigue, a lure to make a reader want to read the next sentence, or—as the legendary ...